सन्नामिव महाकीर्तिं श्रद्धामिव विमानिताम्। प्रज्ञामिव परिक्षीणामाशां प्रतिहतामिव ॥ आयतीमिव विध्वस्तामाज्ञां प्रतिहतामिव । दीप्तामिव दिशं काले पूजामपहतामिव ॥ पौर्णमासीमिव निशां तमोग्रस्तेन्दुमण्डलाम्। पद्मिनीमिव विध्वस्तां हतशूरां चमूमिव ॥ प्रभामिव तमोध्वस्तामुपक्षीणामिवापगाम्। वेदीमिव परामृष्टां शान्तामग्निशिखामिव ॥ उत्कृष्टपर्णकमलां वित्रासितविहङ्गमाम्। हस्तिहस्तपरामृष्टामाकुलामिव पद्मिनीम्॥
sannāmiva mahākīrtiṃ śraddhāmiva vimānitām| prajñāmiva parikṣīṇāmāśāṃ pratihatāmiva || āyatīmiva vidhvastāmājñāṃ pratihatāmiva | dīptāmiva diśaṃ kāle pūjāmapahatāmiva || paurṇamāsīmiva niśāṃ tamograstendumaṇḍalām| padminīmiva vidhvastāṃ hataśūrāṃ camūmiva || prabhāmiva tamodhvastāmupakṣīṇāmivāpagām| vedīmiva parāmṛṣṭāṃ śāntāmagniśikhāmiva || utkṛṣṭaparṇakamalāṃ vitrāsitavihaṅgamām| hastihastaparāmṛṣṭāmākulāmiva padminīm||
English Meaning
She seemed like mighty fame disappearing, like respect disregarded, like intellect waning and hope disappointed; like a sacred altar trampled, like royal mandate disobeyed, like the quarters burnt by a firebrand; like offerings to God soiled; like the disc of the full-moon stricken with darkness, a lotus distressed, an army without a leader; like the raves of the moon enveloped with gloom, like a river of shallow water, like a sacrificial altar possessed by an outcast, like the flame of fire extinguished; like water fowls terrified and lotuses disturbed and petals crushed by the trunks of elephants.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)